Arjan Van Dal
‘Thrown porcelain in vibrant colours from my north London studio’
Arjan is fascinated by the vibrant colours of Imperial court porcelain. To give it a contemporary translation he wedges pigments in the white porcelain in a variety of colour depths.
His background as an engineer and ethicist echoes through in his ceramic work, that is clear and balanced. He throws on the potter’s wheel and searches for the crossline between design and craft. It is this tension between the handmade nature of his making process and the almost industrial manufactured outlook, that fascinates him. Subtle details reveal the maker’s marks, such as throwing lines inside the pots that become a testimony of the making process.
The result is work that through simplicity of form and austere handling of material communicates honesty with a refined touch.
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